105 CMR 124.00 — Provision of thyroid blocking agents

105 CMR: DEPARTMEN T O F PUBLIC HEALTH

105 CMR 124.000: PRO VISIO N O F THYRO ID BLO CK IN G AGEN TS

Section 124.001: Purpose 124.002: Definitions 124.003: Funding 124.004: Purchase of KI 124.005: Request by City or Town

105 CMR 124.00 Provision of thyroid blocking agents

124.001 Purpose

124.001: Purpose 105 CMR 124.000 is promulgated to implement M.G.L. c . 1 1 1 , § 5K which requires the Department of Public Health to stockpile thyroid blocking agents for cities and towns within ten miles of a nuclear power plant, and on Cape Cod, the Islands and Cape Ann.

124.002 Definitions

124.002: Definitions As used in 105 CMR 124.000, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires: Cape Ann: means the cities or towns of Essex, Rockport, Gloucester and Manchester. Cape Cod: means the cities or towns of Barnstable, Bourne, Brewster, Chatham, Dennis, Eastham, Falmouth, Harwich, Mashpee, Orleans, Provincetown, Sandwich, Truro, Wellfleet and Yarmouth.

Department: means the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

Electric Company: means persons, firms, associations and private corporations which own or operate

works or distribute electricity in the commonwealth. The term “electric company” does not include

municipalities or municipal light plants.

Emergency Planning Zone: means the area within a ten mile radius of a nuclear power ge ne ra ting

station, as defined in the Massachusetts Radiological Emergency Response Plan.

Islands: means Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. KI: means the chemical symbol for potassium iodide, a commercially available thyroid blocking agent.

124.003 Funding

124.003: Funding The costs associated with the purchase and distribution of KI under 105 CMR 124.000 shall be borne by the operator of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station and the electric companies that own, in whole or in part, or purchase power from, Seabrook Nuclear Power Station. The cost assigned to each e ntity shall be determined by the Department based on the proportion of the quantity of nuclear- generated electricity purchased or sold by that entity relative to the total nuclear-generated electricity used within the Commonwealth during the same period, based on the most recent data available from the Department of Telecommunications and Energy.

124.004 Purchase of KI

124.004: Purchase of KI The Department shall purchase KI which has been approved by the Food and DrugAdministration in the form of either 65 milligram or 130 milligram tablets. The quantity of KI tablets purchased shall be sufficient to supply 260 milligrams of KI to:

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124.004 continued

124.004: continued (1) each resident (based on summer population) of the participating cities and towns on Cape Cod, the Islands, and Cape Ann; the town-estimated transient population within those communities; institutionalized populations within those communities; emergency shelters within those communities in quantities sufficient for maximum occupancy; businesses within those communities that have requested supplies for employees who reside outside the area; and schools, preschools, day care centers and camps within those communities that have requested supplies for students and staff. (2) each resident (based on summer population) of the towns in the Emergency Planning Zones; the town-estimated transient population within those communities; institutionalized populations within those communities; emergency shelters within those communities in quantities sufficient for maximum occupancy; businesses within those communities that have requested supplies for employees who reside outside the area; and schools, preschools, day care centers and camps within those communities.

124.005 Request by City or Town

124.005: Request by City or Town A city or town in the Emergency Planning Zones or on Cape Ann, Cape Cod or the Islands that elects to participate in the provision of KI shall deliver a letter to the Department containing such a request and documentation that its governing body has voted to accept KI. The letter shall also indicate the total number of doses required, and to which municipal body the KI should be consigned. REGULATO RY AUTHO RITY 105 CMR 124.000: M.G.L. c. 111, § 5K.